Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
2. 365 Things to Do With Your Kids by Bill Adler
3. The Collector by John Fowles
4. Natural Born Charmer  by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
5. A Journal for Jordan  by Dana Canedy
6. Third Life of Grange Copeland by Alice Walker
7. The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff
8. Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
9. The Way of the Wizard by Deepak Chopra
10. The Red Badge of Courage  by Stephen Crane

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Historical Fiction: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
2. Sweet Romance: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
3. Classic War Novel: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
4. Touching gift to a child who lost his Father: A Journal for Jordan by Dana Canedy
5. For the Entrepreneurial Heart:  The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
6. Thoughtful Parenting: Every Child is a Genius by Elise Griffith
7. Humorous Chick Lit: Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
8. Dysfunctional Romance: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
9. Suspenseful: Love You More by Lisa Gardner
10. Classic: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

A Journal for Jordan

A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor by Dana Canedy

An amazing work out of love. Canedy gives us passages from a journal, written by First Sergeant Charles Monroe King. He wrote for his son, in case he never made it home from Iraq.  And this fear was realized, he didn’t make it home. Sadly, he was killed by a roadside bomb when his son, Jordan, was just seven months old.

Dana Canedy, Jordan’s mother, writes this book for her son, about his lost Father. She includes parts of the journal—a Father’s advice to his son.  Canedy also tells her love story with the man she lost to the war. Emotional and touching, I loved this book. What a tribute to a great military man and such a special gift for a lucky little boy.